>Not much change at the top of the weekly cable ratings chart, with Jersey Shore, Pawn Stars and Teen Mom 2 leading the pack.  However, all three shows were down from recent highs as we enter the February sweep and these shows face nothing but original episodes on the broadcast networks.  Tosh.0 returned to Comedy […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE CONNERS returned from a rerun week steady at 0.49.  THE GOLDBERGS ticked up to 0.35.  The season finale of ABBOTT ELEMENTARY was at 0.55, up 0.02 from last week and down 0.02 from last season’s finale.  NOT DEAD YET rose a tenth to 0.36, and A MILLION LITTLE THINGS was […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s XFL CHAMPIONSHIP was at 0.35.  FOX’s MLB game was at 0.41.  On CW, MASTERS OF ILLUSION and TOTALLY WEIRD & FUNNY both ticked down to 0.02.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On ESPN, the NHL PLAYOFFS game was at 0.67, TOP RANK BOXING was at 0.24, […]

DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2). ###

>Thoughts on CBS’s Schedule (and Our Predictions)CBS COMEDIESCBS DRAMAS ABC ANALYSIS     CBS ANALYSIS     NBC ANALYSIS     FOX ANALYSIS     CW ANALYSIS

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a news special at 0.31, reruns at 0.21/0.19/0.19. CBS:  Reruns at 0.29/0.26/0.19/0.15. NBC:  Following a news special at 0.21, THE BLACKLIST was at 0.25 compared to last week’s 0.24/0.20.  After that, reruns at 0.20/0.18. FOX:  Reruns at 0.13/0.15/0.18. CW:  After a rerun at 0.06, 100 DAYS TO INDY was at […]

World Series Ratings Game by Game World Series Ratings Games 1-5 Averaged Together ###

>A night of disappearing rating points.  Last May, the first Tuesday of the sweep had a combined 12.6 rating points for the four major broadcast networks.  Last night the “big” four combined for 8.8 rating points, a staggering 30% decline.  Much of this decline is due to The Voice on NBC.  Last year on this […]